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John Deere will pay farmers $99 million over right-to-repair lawsuit

TechnologyApril 10, 2026
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John Deere will pay farmers $99 million over right-to-repair lawsuit
John Deere has agreed to pay farmers $99 million to resolve a class action lawsuit that accused the agricultural giant of preventing farmers and mechanics from accessing the materials needed to repair
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Farmer driving a John Deere 8225 R tractor on his farm near Rochester Texas.

John Deere has agreed to pay farmers $99 million to resolve a class action lawsuit that accused the agricultural giant of preventing farmers and mechanics from accessing the materials needed to repair equipment, as reported earlier by Reuters. As part of the proposed settlement, John Deere says it will make repair resources available for a period of 10 years, "on a license or subscription basis."

The company has also agreed to start allowing equipment owners and repair shops to reprogram or perform diagnostics on equipment while in offline mode by the end of 2026. These terms will allow equipment owners to "avoid going to authorized Deere D …

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